Many hunters are proud do-it-yourself guys that scout and hunt public lands on mostly general season tags — working hard for every opportunity and even harder for every punched tag. We know those guys, because we are those guys. But there might be a day when even the proudest DIY guy wants to hunt a certain species, or a certain location, and they discover that a guided hunt becomes a necessity.

In this show we interview Chris Maxwell and discuss some of the essential first steps that hunters should know when thinking about choosing to go on a guided hunt. Whether you’re in the process of booking now, or simply think that you might go on a guided hunt one day in the future, the information covered in this show will no doubt help you make an informed decision about “going guided.” And, even if you are one of those guys that insists on never using a guide (and we do discuss why you shouldn’t be so stubborn about that), you’ll still find this episode valuable if you ever intend on traveling out of state, or out of the country, for a destination hunt.